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A Sure-Fire Bestseller:Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

The Huffington Post | Tom Alderman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

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Random House founder Bennett Cerf was reportedly asked how to write a best seller. The venerable editor's answer: Lincoln's Doctor's Dog. Seems Abe Li...

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Banned Books Week: Still Needed in the U.S.

Joan E. Bertin | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

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Joan E. Bertin

What we oppose is the effort of one parent or a group of parents to make decisions about what other people's children may read.

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Is Guilt a Good Thing?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

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Jay Michaelson

If tomorrow, you could completely free yourself from guilt -- if you'd never feel guilty again, no matter what you did -- would you do it? Americans ...

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The Reader is a Surprising Film: Nazis Can Be Sympathetic, Though Not Forgiven

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Michael Russnow

On the whole David Hare has written a fascinating and engrossing script, and Director Stephen Daldry has given us a taut and emotional filmmaking achievement.

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